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house speaker john boehner tried to beef it up with a statement expressing the import of the role. but announcing candace miller as the chairwoman of the house administration committee on friday. the house administration committee -- the house administration committee on friday, did little to squelch that icky feeling created by this image. these are the 19 previously announced committee chairman and unlike miller, these chairman actually hold rank over committees that work on national budgets and policy. no, your eyes are not deceiving you. want to look again. here it is. you had it right. 19 men, 19 white men and yes, we fully understand that, as republicans maintain the majority in the house, they get to pick the committee chairs and there is seniority to consider. pause with me a second. president obama won the women's vote by 11 points, latino by 44 point, asian-american by 47 points and the african-american by 87 points. he even won other by 20 points. anyway. they have that kind of numbers pundits espousing that democrats are destiny and that the republican party is over. sp
house speaker john boehner tried to beef it up with a statement expressing the import of the role. but announcing candace miller as the chairwoman of the house administration committee on friday. the house administration committee -- the house administration committee on friday, did little to squelch that icky feeling created by this image. these are the 19 previously announced committee chairman and unlike miller, these chairman actually hold rank over committees that work on national budgets...
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boehner. he thought he was going to get that. i think when boehner pulled back and could not deliver a single republican vote for a tax hike, i think that was instructive for obama that these guys are never going to cooperate for me particularly on taxes. there's a much more pop pew louse tone. my guess, this is a guess, but my guess is this is a bottom line issue to him. it bothers him. it really bothers him how they behaved with the debt ceiling. he looks at this as it's not going to happen again. all the tax hikes and cuts will go away and i can propose the obama tax cut for 98% of americans. >> it's interesting. there is this other place where i buy that the press is a process president and would argue for it on domestic politics. he is a a different duck in the foreign policy land. many liberals would have a critique of some of his lack of process in some of the foreign policy stuff. is part of what he's saying that the recalcitrance of the republican house might bring out that aspect of
boehner. he thought he was going to get that. i think when boehner pulled back and could not deliver a single republican vote for a tax hike, i think that was instructive for obama that these guys are never going to cooperate for me particularly on taxes. there's a much more pop pew louse tone. my guess, this is a guess, but my guess is this is a bottom line issue to him. it bothers him. it really bothers him how they behaved with the debt ceiling. he looks at this as it's not going to happen...
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>> well, john boehner, and it is important to understand that the incentive structure is different for the rank and file and back bench. if you are john boehner, you are more susceptible to the wall street pressure and the can't ter and the people who are aspiring to run for something bigger like paul ryan have a bigger ip sensitive, too. and right now, boehner wants to get re-elected speaker, and so he is trying to walk away from the deal as much as possible to not jeopardize the speakership. so he has technically thrown it to the senate. constitutionally it has to go through both houses. >> just constitutional ly. minor detail. >> and boehner is constitutionally dammed because he is getting out of it and burned too much. so if reid and mcconnell can get through the deal that is not filibustered, they have to amend a bill in the house that extends the tax cuts for everybody, and gut that bill, because it has to emerge from there, and then fill it, and hope and pray that boehner can find 30 republicans to vote for it. >> that is the story that you feel when the president is saying that
>> well, john boehner, and it is important to understand that the incentive structure is different for the rank and file and back bench. if you are john boehner, you are more susceptible to the wall street pressure and the can't ter and the people who are aspiring to run for something bigger like paul ryan have a bigger ip sensitive, too. and right now, boehner wants to get re-elected speaker, and so he is trying to walk away from the deal as much as possible to not jeopardize the...
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john boehner on an alternative network talking about mitt romney's wealth and saying american people don't want to vote for a loser, suggesting, well, if you don't have wealth, if you're not at the totem pole, you're a loser. that governs the ethic of how republicans view those who are not pulling themselves up by their boot straps and succeeding. and the president said i want somebody with elm patty. he wants somebody that will look out for people on the bottom. we can't have that. and there was a firestorm about the fact that we would have an empathetic person in a position of power. >> the key to that phenomenon is growth. if the economy is growing, as it was growing in the late '90s, you can solve poverty, reduce the deficit, perform miracles. democrats believe growth has got to be necessary, but it's not sufficient. you also have to have measures to ensure fairness. >> growth is necessary, but not sufficient. there was growth in the economy, but in the low-wage sector. we were forcing people -- when we weren't locking people up, we were forcing people into low wage jobs, there i
john boehner on an alternative network talking about mitt romney's wealth and saying american people don't want to vote for a loser, suggesting, well, if you don't have wealth, if you're not at the totem pole, you're a loser. that governs the ethic of how republicans view those who are not pulling themselves up by their boot straps and succeeding. and the president said i want somebody with elm patty. he wants somebody that will look out for people on the bottom. we can't have that. and there...
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boehner essentially calm down most republicans who are terrified of having this conversation, you have allen west trying to defend his vote in support of the ryan/romney budget. >> we need a referee here. >> the big hoax that's come out already is one week of paul ryan's suitny. there's a media love fest echo chamber that propagated this image, this totally phony that ryan is a leading fiscal conservative. everyone who started to look at this, i have written my columns on this because i had ryan in my sights far long time now. he adds trillions to the debt. hiss budgets don't balance until the 2040s. that's on very dubious assumptions. what fiscal conservative has a 25-year plan to balance the budget? it's a hoax. >> his actual vote, his actual votes for the bush tax cuts, which increased the deficit, his actual vote for the iraq war, which increased the deficit, particularly off the books. >> in fairness he would say he was a junior member and had to do what he was told to do. >> but then -- >> that was the principle. >> right. and the notion of principle versus what he's actually doi
boehner essentially calm down most republicans who are terrified of having this conversation, you have allen west trying to defend his vote in support of the ryan/romney budget. >> we need a referee here. >> the big hoax that's come out already is one week of paul ryan's suitny. there's a media love fest echo chamber that propagated this image, this totally phony that ryan is a leading fiscal conservative. everyone who started to look at this, i have written my columns on this...
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when the president and john boehner able to just get together quietly among themselves, they could have done so. >> that's interesting. we could imagine bainor and president obama coming to an agreement if there weren't all of the tea party noise and the norquist pledge, that sort of thing. >> the other thing to consider is money in politics, the amount to which the system has been flooded with money. money in, people out. and that has created this great divide, because, you know, if you are getting money from americans for prosperity, then you better line up with that agenda, line up with the alec agenda and keep every -- all your ducks in a row so the party can keep getting money so they can keep in power. >> what happens come january when the dust settles and power in washington is still divided is anything going to get done? we ask that question, next. [ female announcer ] we were flattered when regenerist beat a $100 cream. flabbergasted when we creamed a $500 cream. for about $30 regenerist micro-sculpting cream hydrates better than over 20 of america's most expensive luxury cream
when the president and john boehner able to just get together quietly among themselves, they could have done so. >> that's interesting. we could imagine bainor and president obama coming to an agreement if there weren't all of the tea party noise and the norquist pledge, that sort of thing. >> the other thing to consider is money in politics, the amount to which the system has been flooded with money. money in, people out. and that has created this great divide, because, you know,...
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i wonder spending times covering both the white house and having conversations with guys like john boehner, is there enough will on both sides to say, we need to do this thing. and it feels like to me in the last decade to two decades it is more like i'm going to take my agenda and get it. and if there's collateral damage along the way, so be it. and that's been sort of the way things have worked. it seems like since post-clinton, maybe. >> i despise political nostalgia. i never buy it because in every point before this one i'm really not a citizen, but i was looking at what are the things that we have managed to do in a bipartisan way and i was reminded of the '64 civil rights act. that was the really bad democrats, not the nice ones of today, who were doing their filibuster and so the silver rights act of '64 passes because republican leadership gets 27 republican senators to join the 44 democrats to end the filibuster of their fellow democratic colleagues. i think, okay, yeah, i don't like the nostalgia good old days, but i like the '64 civil rights act. >> the following year in '65 whe
i wonder spending times covering both the white house and having conversations with guys like john boehner, is there enough will on both sides to say, we need to do this thing. and it feels like to me in the last decade to two decades it is more like i'm going to take my agenda and get it. and if there's collateral damage along the way, so be it. and that's been sort of the way things have worked. it seems like since post-clinton, maybe. >> i despise political nostalgia. i never buy it...